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Excerpt from Gold: Or, Legal Regulations for the Standard of Gold Silver Wares in Different Countries of the World In England this manner of determining the standard quality of gold is still in use. The standard of alloyed silver was formerly indicated everywhere by its weight and it still is so indicated in many countries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.